Ethernet frame size / MTU

I'm setting up NAS at my house, using two different systems. I'm using a Buffalo NAS (4TB) and a Drobo FS with 17 TB.
I'm finding that the transfer speed is surprising slow through ethernet. Keep in mind I'm not a technical person. My surprise is that I thought ethernet setup would increase the speed to something manageable time-wise.
For example, I want to transfer around video files from one computer to another, I'm surprised it takes so long.
I've run a variety of tests, done some reading on these forums and around the net, and have found that it appears a typical home network via ethernet is about 15-20 MB/sec, more or less. Hope I wrote that mb/sec correctly.
Anyways, I've been surprised a bit that ethernet isn't faster than this. When I did a direct connect of my Drobo FS via ethernet to my macbookpro, I'm transferring over my Aperture library. About 400 gigs. This is taking around 30 hours.
Is this a real world scenario and I need to just get over it? I guess I thought that ethernet would be faster. Keep in mind, I'm not a technical person, so I don't really know what I'm talking about or expected. I suppose when I went to wire my house for the fastest possible connections, I was thinking it wouldn't take nearly 2 full days to transfer my Aperture library for backup, etc.
I have been playing around with MTU a bit. Set at 9,000 for the Drobo. I notice that I can only set the MTU to 1500 in my macbookpro. Wouldn't that speed up things with a direct ethernet cable connection between the Drobo FS and the macbook pro if the laptop were to be able to move the data in larger chunks (jumboframe 9000)?
Not sure if I'm wording all this correctly. I was hoping to increase the MTU to 9,000 on the MBP, but seem to be limited to 1500. Any thoughts on that?
Is there any way to increase speed beyond ethernet or is that going to be a real world cap for the average home user?
Thanks

Thanks for the information.
I guess the thing I'm looking at now, the big question for me, is what is the fastest possible method to transfer data off of a computer to some other source? Is Ethernet basically as good as it gets?
For almost all of what I do, the ethernet speed is alright.
The one thing that seems to stump me is the transfer of my aperture library. It just doesn't play nice. That one file seems to either
#1 - hang and not transfer at all, which is most common. Not sure why, it never gets beyond the "preparing to copy" stage
#2 - once it transfers, it seems that file doesn't want to transfer fast.
I'm not sure why, but it is so slow or impossible for me to get a decent copy of my aperture library.
I want to be able to keep a backup on my drobo, frequent backup that is updated weekly or maybe even twice weekly. But it is taking up to 2 days to transfer the data on that one file, when it decides to transfer.
I have been able to use an external drive with firewire 800 and make a transfer of the file in about 4 to 5 hours. I suppose that isn't too bad overall. I'm still surprised, though, that the ethernet/drobo setup isn't at least as fast as firewire 800, but it doesn't even come close. Not even when I direct connect the drobo to the laptop. Not sure why that is.
Any insight, ideas, etc are appreciated. Basically, can anyone give ideas on managing transfers of files in the 500 gb range, what might work. I'm open to about anything at this point, other ideas, different kinds of media, etc.
Robert

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I have some new information and some observations on my problems with getting full screen output.
I looked through all the project settings and I noticed that the ones I was trying to use…
HD 1080i (60i) and HDV 1080i 30 say that the output is at a16 to 9 ratio and have a frame size of 1440 by 1080i.
This is the frame size or ratio, I kept trying to import.
I finally realized that this isn't a frame size that is proportional to the image ratio that it lists.
16 by 9 would really be proportional to 1440 by 810.
The 1440 by 1080 video that I import using either of these,does not export full screen even if it’s exported the same size it comes in, i.e.1440 in and 1440 out.
So I looked through the project setting for a selection where the stated ratio and the frame size matched.
I found HDV 720p 30.
16 by 9 at a 1280 by 720 frame size.
This would be an easy size for my to work in.
So I made a video at that size then loaded it into PE8 and it exported fine.
Full screen no border. In fact it comes out full screen no matter what size I export it.
When I exported the same video at 1600 by 900 it exported full screen and looked fine.
Then I went back and loaded the same 1280 by 720 video inthe HDV 1080i 30 settings.
It also came out full screen with no border.
So the problem is that as far as I can see the selection screen is wrong about the frame size for both the HD 1080i and the HDV 1080isettings.
You really have to load in something at 1600 by 900 or proportional to that.
And as far a I can find there is no setting that supports any thing other the wide screen except for the Standard 48kHz settings.
It looks like unless you want to go to a wide screen format 720 by 480 is the only option.
Now I’ll have to decide whether I want to do future projects wide screen or live with the restrictions on frame size.
I hate to change horses in the middle of the stream so I may just stick with the smaller size for the Lucy videos but other projects I will do wide screen.
Thanks again for all the help.
Mike

This question is from some other forum member. Don't know why they're linked to my e-mail address.
Fran (luvsfotos)
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:22:36 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Frame size discrepancies in project settings?
Hi Guys
Ok, I think I get it at last.
So when I create a 1440 by 1080 file, to use in the 1080i format, it should change the PAR from 1 to 1.333 when I create it, but since I can't control that I get an image that is too small, even though the pixel size is the same. The aspect ration should still end up 16 by 9.
So since Poser creates everything with a PAR of 1, my only option if I want a wide screen video is to actually pick a 16 by 9 ratio when I output it and ignore the listed frame size.
I still don't quite get why the image is both shorter and narrower, it seems like it should only be narrower but I'll live with it.
And there is no way to make PE8 output a full height image in the wide screen format that 3 by 4 except to drag it larger in the preview window.
And there is no advantage in doing that since I'm still using a 16 by 9 window and getting the file size that goes with it.
So if I want to work in a 3 by 4 format then the Standard 48kHz format it the only option.
Well at least I know what to do next time.
That should save a lot of time.
I may just give up and go to 16 by 9 and quit fighting it.
Thanks again.
Mike
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